[Tigers] Sunbeam Tiger AC Ace Clutch Slave Cylinder - new

[Ron Fraser]

                Every cylinder like that has a max bore diameter or a limit as to how many times you can rebuild a cylinder.  I’m not sure what that max bore is but it would be interesting to know.   It would save a lot of rebuild time knowing that.   When the max bore is reached only a sleeve will restore the cylinder; probably easier to buy a new cylinder at that point.

                Also all those aluminum cylinder bores have to be polished to a near mirror finish to work correctly.   I forget what grit I used; I remember 600 and 800 and I know I have 1200 but I don’t recall if I used the 1200.  It’s around 40 years ago I did the cylinders on my Tiger.

 

Ron Fraser

 

From: jay.laifman at gmail.com [mailto:jay.laifman at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 2:30 PM
To: Jeffery Randall via Tigers <jefferyrandall at gmail.com>; Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
Cc: Bill Lawrence <billlawrence at hotmail.com>; tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Sunbeam Tiger AC Ace Clutch Slave Cylinder - new

 

I drove my Alpine every day in the late 70s. I was in high school then, on a minimum wage budget. I was frequently rebuilding brake or clutch parts - blaming English parts. Then I got some more money, less time, and bought new ones rather than rebuild kits. Interestingly, the failures stopped.   Hmm.  

 

 

 


From: Jeffery Randall via Tigers

Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2016 1:04 AM

To: Ron Fraser

Reply To: Jeffery Randall‎

Cc: Bill Lawrence; tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net> 

Subject: Re: [Tigers] Sunbeam Tiger AC Ace Clutch Slave Cylinder - new

 

Buy the new slave I put one in my car 5 years ago and have had no issues.

  Jeff

 

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Bill

                The Girling Clutch slave cylinder is a fairly common item.   You just have to make sure you are buying the same bore size and the correct mounting configuration.

 

I would check with Sunbeam Specialties or other Sunbeam vendor 1st to support them, then look at alternative sources.

 

Another way is to have the bore sleeved with brass or Stainless Steel.   I’m not sure the price of that these days.

 

Ron Fraser

 

From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> ] On Behalf Of Bill Lawrence via Tigers
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:47 AM
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Subject: [Tigers] Sunbeam Tiger AC Ace Clutch Slave Cylinder - new

 

Howdy Tigers

 

Has anyone found a suitable replacement clutch slave cylinder for a stock Tiger? 

 

I have suffered through a couple refurb units and am thinking about ordering this unit from  <http://www.sportsandclassics.com> www.sportsandclassics.com.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Bill Lawrence

 

 

 

 <http://www.sportsandclassics.com/parts/british-other/sunbeam/sunbeam-tiger-clutch-slave-cylinder/> http://www.sportsandclassics.com/parts/british-other/sunbeam/sunbeam-tiger-clutch-slave-cylinder/


 

 

 


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